Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-03


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On Rs1ointions. Ths rspaEs : - ID
lows;
WnKzzkA We ar1 ID fnli accord win
the vieua q tbs pnees Hound Annnal
Ugufe1enaa 40 ennaea&ad "a fas rnpnFt
Of ia Comuifsea on Rdncaelun a.
edgpted q Ils seaaton II f654t an1
Whe1Eas Sale AnEnai ocnfneoncs e
said ssnion, foF &c raroere 81 ogrrVlno
out gnea vi1Ws, adsrted he folio Ire
EesoixB loashine tbs sane, % Vi.
Resolved, That TIE BriaRS lsua1lon. %
eonslst e nos less ahan e.1hiT sores q
lan4. o. ne shore of Port ToWnsend bay,
ehsat enc and 3 hnEf niles WeakwMfd
from PoEt T0MmHnH, Be BsIsctnd a. ne
sits o. the proposed q University for West
en- Washington. un&w the palfonaGs u
ne Pu4tt SQUAD Annual Conferences q
TIE NeIho1l1t Bplzsopal Church. condi-
toned q 2 he1s de bo.as lEem the ciEl-
amo1nfIn1 y nt ieaa SO 90 20 land. and
SO. 90 n coin nn6 building material
Ard nppolnted & aonannistsa uf itB Own
manahafS ana beard o. trnsl8es CON-
posod 81 both ministers and Iayrnan, 20
At@A-0 ~ A4AALl1NA - 80 IAAAAt4NL 1IAt4N
pEooead 70 fuEorrsfate snnh University
su'ler - leV.a n II 49, lofor. Terri1srr.
wheueveE euoh buHna should, IN tbs
epinlm Of sueh committee. be provided;
aud.
whereas, Said eammiitee Of TIE
miaIstsy believing sad 90 announcing
that aunh bonus bad been promised.
called t0Rathek eaia trustees, who pro-
nudef the laWs 81 Washington Terri
tory b the name Of : ma University Of
Puget 6gundP ae b. f1e resolves Of
and thas MD Board 81 Trustees snouid
Be- fnlly advissd toushlna the said
abonusn they appointed q COMMITTEES
ef their nnrnheH epmp0ae1 Of cne min
lister and two iaymen, 70 visit Port
Townsend and fuiIy Investigate the
matter, which said committee altar full
Investigation made report 70 The Board
aud through sid Board 20 the annaai
Oonfezenes that 10 The opinion Of the
said COMMITTEES and said Board, the ''cit-
zsns Of Pert Townsend and vicinity
bad substantially complied wish the
resolution Of the annual Conference and
had raised gnch bonnsfs and
WHKnKAa, Tbs anunal o0nfegsnee held
81 Olympia IL 1887, being mislsd as 10
the facts h the case, and refusing %
listen 10 fun Statements &c 70 The actual
condition Of matters. IN rslation 10
said University, resolved 10 aabglanoe
that the citizens Of Port Townsend
have not oompiisd with the terms Of tbs
conference resolution locating said
University near that city, and thai the
e0nferOnoe was not legally OF morally
boaud 10 locAte said inssituiion Is that
city, and resolved further 20 refer the
y 9oie question Of suoh location 10 q
eommission 20 be composed 81 the
Blshopa Hesident Of Minneapolis, San
FFaneisoo aud Denver, ana Ksverends
De Wore and lie 5ourd Of Tacoma, and
Dillon OF Lopez Island, and 10y Of
Seattle, they 10 receive bids, take the
whoIe subject under consideration and
proceed with the location OF the Uni
veFsity and
Where's, One member Of said com
mission, assuming 20 act for ell, al
dressed 10 the members Of said con-
miAsisn the following:
TAComA, Oot. 20, 1887.
Blahops heard krOna. They propose
to vote by letter under their own sig.
natures. Our commission will meet
December let at tie First Methodist
Church a. Tacoma IS q. n. We AK
thai ell propositions be sent 10 BY the
bth Of November, e. they mast &c be-
fore the Bishops 10 Nsw York and be
returned 10 us 81 Tacoma.
Signed, J. F. DE VoRE.
Ana Ia addition said De Wore inserted
- - p~malnuA
stating that all bids and propositions
be sent him BY November 5, 1887. "to 90
be3ofs The BlsAops ~ Aeio York for con
siilsFatioa I" aud
Whereas, In advance Of the time
axed for receiving bids for such loca-
ton, one Of the Bish0pa, q member Of
seid commission, addressed thu follow
Ing letter 10 q member Of said confer
enoe, 10 wit:
"MINRnAPoLls, Nina, Oct. IS, 1881.
Rev. yohn ". Dssaisoa. Dear Brother
Your favor Of the 18th, mailed tTth
instant, awaited my arrival home and
did not reach ~. 5. until the I'D. II Il
kad come IN time | would have con-
sidered Il very eaFefully before taking
any action. But after receiving several
communication, including Q full tran
script Of the latest conference action,
ami after full consultation with Bishop
Fowler aent on my vote Tor Tacoma
as the lOeatioa for 40 institute Of learn
ing for the Puget Sound conference.
YoaF very truly,
@. d. Foa.n
Ana, whereas, Il Il manifest BY the
several acts and vote aforesaid, that the
said Bishops have been deceived and
nisleA, and that In advance OF any
other propositions made, said Oommia-
sion has, on en- paFte statements, agreed
10 locate said university At Tacoma;
and
Whereas, We ere Of The opinion thai
common honesty requires that oil par.
ties be folly heard. and that In accord
With former presidents, the iatty Of the
church on Puget Sound ere entitled 10
hearinR, and that, being resident
kare, they are bsttex advised as 90
proper location than nonresident
Biahops. Therefore, be Il
Resolrei, By the laymen OF n. E.
Church on Puget sound. Ia convention
assembled at Seattle, that 10 our opin-
Ion che aito for the proposed university
selected by the Annual Ooferenoe. near
Port Towneand, ia q suitable and most
eseeiIsni location.
THAI the citizens Of Port Townsend
aud vicinity have fully complied with
the terms ana conditions required OF
them By the resolutions Of said oonfer-
euoa Of 1855.
That good faith on paEt Of the II. E.
ChuFeh On Puget Houud requires that
snAh tnsiitutlan be located aud main
tained at said slia near Port Townsend.
That We deem the action OF the board
| Of trustees Ia Organizing said corpora
tian under the laws OF Washington Ter
Fitory With lee location az Port Town
send In strict accord with the sets aud
resolutions OF said conference In 1855,
and that such university vas By said
resolutions and acas Of said esnfeFence
and board Of trustees daily located and
nxed al said site near Port Townsend
That We urge said beard Of trustees
30 proceed With such organization and
as soon as mar be estahliah q school
and erect suitable baildines for the
paFposs Aforesaid. 20 ne end thai ths
faith Of our church Be kspt with cur
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